One of Alice’s little habits which are trying to modify is her habit of dressing in the hallway instead of in her room. We have managed to get to move in to her room most of the time but she prefers to be just inside the doorway with the door open, which is not quite what we had in mind. I asked her about it and Alice told me that she is uncomfortable being inside her room when she can’t see the hallway. She was unable to explain exactly why this was, no little girls having ever been eaten by wild bears while the door was closed. But somehow it’s just wrong and as a result the top of the stairs is frequently littered with Alice clothing.
P.S. This wouldn’t be all that bad if it didn’t take Alice up to 30 minutes to get dressed. If I pop out in the morning I will generally find her, mostly naked, just sitting in the doorway of her room, with her brain turned off. She’s better these days about picking something to wear, it’s the task of actually putting it on that’s apparently overwhelming.